Continental Drift

Continental Drift

6th Grade

7 Qs

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Continental Drift

Continental Drift

Assessment

Passage

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jessica Major

FREE Resource

7 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much is North America moving away from Europe every year?

2.5 cm

25 cm

2.5 km

25 km

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed around 230 million years ago?

Gondwanaland

Laurasia

Panthalassa

Pangea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first geographer to propose the phenomenon of continent drift?

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Abraham Ortelius

Alfred Wegener

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What giant ocean surrounded Pangea?

Panthalassa

Tethys Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Into which two continents did Pangea split?

Eurasia and Africa

Europe and Asia

Laurasia and Gondwanaland

North America and South America

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new ocean opened between North America and Europe 50 million years ago?

Tethys Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which continent is moving north towards China?

Antarctica

Australia

Africa

South America